lame
IPA: ɫˈeɪm
noun
- (prison slang) A stupid or undesirable person.
- A lamina; a thin layer or plate of material, as in certain kinds of armor.
- (in the plural) A set of joined overlapping metal plates.
- Kitchen tool for scoring bread dough before baking.
verb
- (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to become lame.
adjective
- Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
- Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect or temporary obstruction of a function.
- (by extension) Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
- (colloquial) Unconvincing or unbelievable.
- (colloquial) Failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant.
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Examples of "lame" in Sentences
- The lame can walk again.
- The picture in the header is lame.
- Add that to the Pantheon of the Lame.
- A lame man sat at the gate of the temple.
- Some of the objections are lame to the extreme.
- The blind see, the deaf hear, and the lame walk.
- Buffy with the save, and the incredible lame quip.
- It's tricky separating the lame from the interesting.
- But saying the comments of the users are reliable is lame.
- He is considered the patron saint of the blind and the lame.
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